New device aims to ease heart failure symptoms by stimulating blood pressure sensors
NCT ID NCT07335510
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 30, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a device called Barostim that is implanted in the body to stimulate blood pressure sensors, which may help the heart work better. It involves 58 adults with heart failure who are already on the best available medications. The goal is to see if the device improves heart function, symptoms, and exercise ability.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 58 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2026
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (defined as ejection fraction ≤ 35% for the purposes of this study) (should be within 12 months of screen) * Symptoms consistent with one of: 1. current New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III or 2. current NYHA Class II and historical NYHA Class III * Laboratories with last N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) \< 1600 pg/ml (should be within 3 months of screen) * Management with maximally-tolerated GDMT medications and devices * Age \>= 18 years Exclusion Criteria: * Age \< 18 years * Myocardial infarction (MI), syncope, cerebrovascular accident (CVA), aborted sudden cardiac death (SCD) (and implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy) within 3 months of screening * Bilateral carotid bifurcations located above the level of the mandible * Carotid artery stenosis greater than 50% caused by atherosclerosis * Ulcerative plaques in the carotid artery * Baroreflex failure or autonomic neuropathy * Symptomatic un-controlled bradyarrhythmias * Severe chronic lung disease * Current treatment with inotropes * Pacemaker or ICD within 3 months of screening * Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) devices within 6 months of screening or anticipated to be placed in the next 90 days following screening * Prior surgery, radiation, endovascular stent in the carotid sinus * History or consideration of solid organ transplantation * History or consideration of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) * Life expectancy \<1 year from time of screening * Non-cardiovascular conditions interfering with 6MWT distance assessment * Inability to fulfill protocol requirements * Known allergy to silicone or titanium
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
7 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Columbia University Irving Medical Center
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10032, United States
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MedStar Health
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGWashington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010, United States
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Medical University of South Carolina Health
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGCharleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States
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Montefiore Medical Center
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10461, United States
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University of California San Francisco Health
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGSan Francisco, California, 94143, United States
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University of Chicago Medical Center
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 15212, United States
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Weill Cornell Medicine
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10021, United States
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